Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा महादेवः सुप्रसन्नो हरस्तदा । दर्शयामास तत्रैव लिंगं पापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

tathetyuktvā mahādevaḥ suprasanno harastadā | darśayāmāsa tatraiva liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

Сказав: «Да будет так», Махадева — Хара, весьма довольный, — явил там же лингам, уничтожающий грех.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• इति: saying ‘…’
• इति: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/absolutive)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; महा-देव इति कर्मधारयः

• सुप्रसन्नः: very pleased
• सुप्रसन्नः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सु-प्रसन्न इति उपपद-समास/कर्मधारयभावः

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• दर्शयामास: showed
• दर्शयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: darś (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed / right there
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पाप-प्रणाशनम्: destroyer of sin
• पाप-प्रणाशनम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + pra-nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पापस्य प्रणाशनम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara-liṅga (pāpa-praṇāśana)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, delighted, utters assent and a radiant liṅga appears on the spot; divine light spreads, sages and Indra witness the miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva, Hara)
• Liṅga
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the Lord is pleased, sacred presence becomes tangible; divine compassion establishes enduring means for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where the sin-destroying liṅga is revealed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship of the manifested liṅga as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).